GEᖇᗩᖇᗪ ᗰᑕᑕᗩᖇᖇOᑎ

Former Motorsport camera man for 35 years, finally retired on 7-4-2024.

'We're here for a good time, not a long time'
RIP Colin McRae

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"Parrot, Parrot, Parrot-Dies
Parrot, Parrot, Parrot-Dies"
#ColdplayDublin

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Following enquiries from award winners, I've uploaded all 28 minutes of the 2022 @WCRChampionship prize giving video.

On the 2nd of April, @KerryMotorClub will kick off the 2023 championship, which marks the 30th year of continuous #TopPart sponsorship.

https://t.co/Bhhdd5KBVY

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Video from the recent Top Part sponsored #WestCoast #Rally Championship prize giving, where @joshmoffettcom1 & @keith_moriarty were crowned 2022 @WCRChampionship winners.

https://t.co/VQk3Zrgy9z

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@ItsAaronMcElroy Best of Luck on the next step up the ladder @ItsAaronMcElroy
And good luck in Cork tomorrow night....

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After a short break from #rallying, I'd a great day yesterday filming the @BluebirdCare_IE sponsored #GalwaySummer #Rally, with much valued help from @GerardRooney14 @GalwayRally
Won by Gareth Machale & Brian Murphy in their #VW #Polo #R5
https://t.co/32c5Cnyryd
#IrishMotorsport

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Hey @TommyBowe
& @MuireannO_C, can you find out who in @IrelandAMVMTV doesn't support the mighty @LUFC, or should that be "Leads United"... #IrlAM

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@McElhinneyGary We all love a tidy #MK2 #Escort and that one looks absolutely amazing....

Well done Gary 👏👏👏

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Short highlights edit of some #rally action I captured yesterday from the 2022 @CircOfMunster #LimerickRally. Won by @joshmoffettcom1 and @AHayesNav in their #R5 #Hyundia i20, counting round of the @WCRChampionship & @NRC_Stages Championships.

https://t.co/yBSDzDe0JT

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I couldn't let today pass without remembering a dearly departed friend this morning, before we head out for the start of the 2022 @CircOfMunster Rally. This was Mickeys last rally start, in 1996.

Rest in Peace Mickey Farrell

"Simply the Best"

📸 by Adrian Crawley @ArdeeSnapper

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Ten years ago today, Irish Motorsport lost a genuine rally fanatic, a big fan of Vauxhall/Opel cars, a great photographer and a really good friend to everyone he meet over many years following rallies all over Ireland.

We all miss that smile and laugh.

Rest in Peace Joe Lane...

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#OnThisDay 48years ago a car bomb killed 7 innocent people in #Monaghan.Justice Henry Barrons 2003 inquiry criticised the #Garda investigation, saying investigators stopped work prematurely & the @FineGael/@labour government of the day 4 inaction & lack of interest in the bombing

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Without a doubt, this #Lancia #Delta #Integrale has to be the coolest car I've seen so far at @RallyoftheLakes 😍😍😍
Forget all the #bapbap #bangbang #boyracers, this #rally #legend sitting still, complete with rare #turbofan brake cooling discs is better than anything else here

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2022 Ronnie Hawe #Monaghan #Stages #Rally

https://t.co/kuqj8cnHxS

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Some Irish #Motorsport #rally action captured at the 2022 @birrstagesrally
Round 2 of the @WCRChampionship, won by @joshmoffettcom1 & @keith_moriarty in their R5 #Hyundia #i20, also featuring @DesiHenry @KellyMotorsport @BoyleMotorsport @EI_ROC

https://t.co/WqcZmRJJgA

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Chicanes or "movable structures" are not popular in #rallying or any form of #motorsport, some say they're a necessary evil, which impact results, as can be seen towards the end this short video from the 2022 @MayoMotorClub #Rally, won by @joshmoffettcom1
https://t.co/TKSHGZMbft

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And, after waiting two long years for this weekend, we're all finally back for Rnd1 of the @IrishTarmacTROA #Rally Championship. Best of luck to all the volunteers in @GalwayMotorClub running the 2022 @GalwayIntRally and to all competitors, marshals and media, have a safe one

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629 days since I last filmed the @MayoMotorClub #Rally back in 2020, so I guess there's no where better to get back to #Irish #motorsport than the @RallyoftheLakes #Historics

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Those 25 years passed by so fast, sad that Mickey is no longer with us.

I prefer to remember the good times, the happier times, and the way he'd greet ye after a rally, "what were we like out there", always with that big smile across his face.

Like Adrian said "Simply the Best"

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Just heard the sad news
RIP Esler
He was always such a friendly man, despite being a complete stranger, he made time for me the first time I met him, once he knew you were a rally fan he'd always stop for a chat.

📷 by @PamBallantine & Molls Gap from years ago by #EslerCrawford

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@ArdeeSnapper @JimMcSherry1 @NRC_Stages Thanks for the update Adrian, great to hear that it hasn't been lost for ever. Look forward to possibly seeing it again, when it's finally finished.

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Fond #rally #memories from a different era, and that wonderful sound of the #SUBARU flat four engine.
#onthisday1996, #Motorsport in Ireland lost a true clubman & 1994 @NRC_Stages #Champion, the late "Mickey Farrell"
Some great pictures from @ArdeeSnapper
Rest in Peace Mickey